[Patch 3.05.2: April Fools] League of Legends General Disc…

On April 09 2013 20:48 Letmelose wrote:


Ambition: Experienced, safe pick. I personally prefer Faker, but I can see where the majority is seeing here. Totally legitimate pick, and I have absolutely zero qualms here. God forbid RapidStar overtakes him.

Maknoon: Are you kidding me? Maknoon would tell you himself that Expession is better. Not in a better shape, not on a hot streak, just straight out better. Several professional gamers have voiced similar opinions also, as well as high ELO amateurs.

Ssumday and Flame are on a roll as well, and have some international experience, but I'll let them slide as their body of work as a whole is not that extensive. However, Expession is a proven top laner that is way less erratic than Maknoon, whose throwing ability comes into question especially considering how poorly he is performing at the moment. There is absolutely no reason to pick Maknoon whether you are picking him in terms of current form, or overall ability as a player.

PraY: I'm actually thankful he is in first place, because otherwise Locodoco would end up representing Korea. I'd much rather prefer Imp to represent Korea, however, I'll concede PraY is the more experienced of the two. There are others such as Deft who has had better performances than PraY recently, but we'll ignore form. Imp, on the other hand, has been playing at a high level for quite some time, and should be in contention. Imp is in a better shape, no question, but I won't go as far as to say he is a superior player without question.

Madlife: Madlife isn't even on a hot streak. There's no synergy between the potential bottom-lane. Madlife just happens to be the biggest name. While Madlife isn't neccessarily a poor pick, people are completely forgetting about existing bottom-lanes. What exactly is the reasoning for picking two famous players that have never played with one another, when both players aren't at the top of their game at the moment? You can either go for existing bottom lanes that have proven class, or you can pick two amazing players that are on a blazing hot streak. This duo of PraY and Madlife is a strange compromise of the two, and I can see no good coming from that.

Give me Imp and Mata any day of the week. But I guess they're not famous enough. Hell, I'd even settle for PraY and Cain. At least they have a good synergy going for them. It's kind of like Yellowpete and Edward representing Europe. Two famous names, with very little thought put into the actual end result.

inSec: Another player that I'm thanking god is in the first place. Otherwise we'll have Cloud-bloody-Templar representing our region. There are more in form players, but I think inSec is a good compromise between sufficient skills to go with the neccessary recognition from the fans. A legitimate pick.

I guess I'm most discontent with the top lane, and am not amazed by any means by the potential bottom lane duo of PraY and Madlife. That's three out of five picks I am not happy with, and I am certain that any coach or professional player suffering from a stroke could come up with a better team than that. I'm aware that this is the nature of fan-based voting, but it doesn't stop me from being severely disappointed that famous names are being chosen over worthy players with smaller fan bases. I mean, this is perhaps the one and only chance for players like Expession to make a name for himself in front of the world, even if it is just a exhibition match.

I think Expession is better than Maknoon. Maknoon thinks Expession is better than himself. Woong thinks Expession is better than Maknoon. Everybody who has played against Expession has ackowledged his skill level. But none of this will matter if nobody remembers him because Maknoon happens to have a bigger fanbase, thus more exposure on the international level (which will draw even more fans). Maybe Maknoon isn't such a bad player to fall back on (he truly is a quality player). But Expession deserves it more, and this may be his only chance because his team most likely won't qualify for any of the big international tournaments.

Who cares though, right? Maknoon is awesome, and that's what this competition should be, an awesome tournament between superstars of the game, not a legitimate competition between the best players possible.